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Health Care Professional Told Mom She had Depression

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	87.0	84.6	-	89.1	13.0	10.9	-	15.4
Age
	<20 years	1,135	88.2	75.1	-	94.9	11.8	5.1	-	24.9
	20-24 years	3,580	82.4	76.6	-	87.0	17.6	13.0	-	23.4
	25-34 years	7,399	88.3	85.1	-	90.9	11.7	9.1	-	14.9
	35+ years	2,037	90.2	83.9	-	94.3	9.8	5.7	-	16.1

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	87.2	84.7	-	89.3	12.8	10.7	-	15.3
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	80.3	60.0	-	91.8	19.7	8.2	-	40.0

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	87.0	84.5	-	89.1	13.0	10.9	-	15.5

Education
	< High School	1,526	81.0	69.6	-	88.8	19.1	11.3	-	30.4
	High School	4,759	84.2	79.4	-	88.1	15.8	11.9	-	20.6
	> High School	7,786	89.9	87.1	-	92.1	10.1	7.9	-	12.9

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	90.1	87.4	-	92.3	9.9	7.7	-	12.6
	Other	5,216	82.4	77.6	-	86.3	17.6	13.7	-	22.4

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,836**	79.1	73.2	-	84.1	20.9	15.9	-	26.9
	$15,000-24,999	1,808**	88.3	81.2	-	92.9	11.7	7.1	-	18.8
	$25,000-49,999	3,166**	87.7	82.6	-	91.4	12.3	8.6	-	17.4
	$50,000 or more	4,750**	92.5	89.2	-	94.9	7.5	5.2	-	10.8

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,399**	90.3	87.6	-	92.5	9.7	7.5	-	12.4
	Yes	5,058**	81.7	76.8	-	85.7	18.3	14.3	-	23.2

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,248**	91.1	88.3	-	93.3	8.9	6.7	-	11.7
	Yes	6,314**	82.4	78.1	-	85.9	17.6	14.1	-	21.9

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	80.9	78.1	-	83.5	19.1	16.5	-	21.9
	2500 grams or more	13,184	87.4	84.8	-	89.6	12.6	10.4	-	15.2

NOTES:
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted.
	Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations.
* Survey Question 75: since your new baby was born, has a doctor, nurse or health care worker
told you that you had depression?

** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2006 birth file.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore
	percent is not reported.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval



								Maine Department of Health and Human Services
								Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics